Kapitanj Surname

1,491,356th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 141 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Serbia

Kapitanj Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kapitanj Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Serbia971:73,6596,503
Belgium341:338,13737,845
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Kapitanj Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kapitanj Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kapitanj occurs most in Serbia. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Kapitanj? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,491,356th most frequent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 51,684,723 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Kapitanj live; 74 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 74 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is held by 97 people, or 1 in 73,659. In Serbia it is most common in: North Banat District, where 55 percent reside, West Bačka District, where 28 percent reside and South Bačka District, where 18 percent reside. Excluding Serbia this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 24 percent reside and Croatia, where 5 percent reside.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kapitanj
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